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Jermaine Loewen, Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
Loewen had a hat trick and seven points overall in three games over weekend for Kamloops, which doubled its season win total. Loewen has a great story: Orphaned in his native Jamaica, adopted by a Manitoba couple, and he became the first Jamaican-born player to be selected in the NHL draft, No.